GOODS TRANSPORT Safe Bowater Drivers O F the 236 heavy-vehicle drivers
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of the Bbwater Organization in Great Britain, 231 were eligible, on the strength of their driving records, to enter the Ro.S.P.A.'s 1962 safe-driving competition, and 188 won awards.
During the year, Bowater had 183 heavy-goods vehicles on the roads carrying finished products and raw materials Their total mileage covered was 4,095,176. or almost 22.500 miles a year per vehicle.
'The Complete Haulier' r-t A NEWLY published brochure from
British Road Services called "The Complete Haulier" gives details of the comprehensive range of vehicles which make up the B.R.S. fleet.
The fully illustrated list covers almost every type of commercial load-carrying vehicle. There are also pictures of B.R.S. depots and sections on some of its other activities.
Roadrailers in Service Trials Soon
'THE Pressed Steel Company Ltd., in its annual report, comments that although the 50 Roadrailers delivered to British Railways last year have passed their running tests and a trial service is shortly due to be mounted, the fact must be faced that British Railways is tending to place increasing emphasis on the new " liner-trairi" conception.